Information About The International Space Station
Welcome to the station information page on my website here you will find basic information about the international space station such as:
- Information about the stations orbit speed it travels and its location.
- A list of all countries that have visited the International Space Station.
- Information about the current crew and what its like living aboard the station.
- Links to videos giving you a guided tour of the International Space station.
- A diagram of the station with a detailed list describing all of the stations components.
- A list of all experiments currently happening on the Internatonal Space Station.
So hope you enjoy the information i provide and dont worry i am not making up random numbers the information about the International Space Station i present here is from either NASA, ROSCOSMOS, ESA, or CSA.
Station Specs
- Altitude - between 330 to 435 km.
- Speed - 8km/sec - 500km/min - 28,000km/hour.
- 1 orbit - One full orbit takes the station 90 minutes and will travel approxamatley 16 Orbits in one day.
- Mass - 924,739 pounds.
- Power Generation - 8 solar arrays = 84 kilowatts.
- Solar array length - 239.4 feet.
- Pressurized volume - 32,333 cubic feet.
- Habitable volume - 13,696 cubic feet.
- Module Length - 167.3 feet.
- Truss length - 357.5 feet.
The following links below will take you aboard the station for a guided tour curtosiy of the crew members from the International Space Station.
Visitors To The International Space Station
As of July 3rd 2015 218individuals have made 370 space flights to the International Space Station, the following is a list of all the countries followed by th amount of flights and number of individuals that country has sent to the International Space Station.
| List of Countries who have visited the station |
| Country |
# Of Flights |
# Of People Sent |
| Belgium |
1 |
1 |
| Brazil |
1 |
1 |
| Canada |
9 |
7 |
| France |
3 |
3 |
| Germany |
3 |
3 |
| Italy |
8 |
5 |
| Japan |
11 |
7 |
| Malaysia |
1 |
1 |
| Netherlands |
2 |
1 |
| Russia |
75 |
44 |
| South Korea |
1 |
1 |
| Spain |
1 |
1 |
| Sweden |
2 |
1 |
| United States |
250 |
141 |
Please note the numbers i give above have nothing to due with the total amount of space flights each country has made it only relates to the number of times they have visited the International Space Station.
Please follow the link provided below to see a list of the names of all the individuals who have visited the International Space Station.
Expedition 44 And The Current Crew
The following is a list of the current crew aboard the International Space Station along with information on the country each crew member is from the time they launched and the time they are due to depart from the station.
From Russia
- Gennady Padalka transferred from expedition 43 launched on 03/27/2015 and due to depart on 09/11/2015 spending a total of 168 days on the station.
- Mikhail Korniyenko transferred from expedition 43 launched on 03/27/2015 and will transfer to expedition 45 and 46 be for departing on 03/04/2015 spending a total of 342 days on the station.
- Oleg Kononenko launched on 07/22/2015 and will transfer to expedition 45 and due to depart on 11/05/2015 spending a total of 163 days on the station.
From The United States
- Scott J. Kelly transferred from expedition 43 launched on 03/27/2015 and will transfer to expedition 45 and 46 be for departing on 03/04/2015 spending a total of 342 days on the station.
- Kjell N. Lindgren launched on 07/22/2015 and will transfer to expedition 45 and due to depart on 11/05/2015 spending a total of 163 days on the station.
From Japan
- Kimiya Yui launched on 07/22/2015 and will transfer to expedition 45 and due to depart on 11/05/2015 spending a total of 163 days on the station.
Please follow the link i have posted below for information on future expeditions that are planned and past ones.
